DWI checkpoint to be conducted Friday

In an effort to combat impaired driving in the area, Louisiana State Police Troop G plans to conduct a DWI checkpoint from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., Friday, September 26 at an undisclosed location in Webster Parish. The mission will be to find and remove impaired drivers from the road before they can cause injury or death to themselves or others.

Each year, on Louisiana’s highways, numerous people are killed or seriously injured in automobile crashes that involve impaired drivers. In 2013, 47 percent of the fatal crashes in Troop G involved impaired drivers.